Selected Favorite Fictional Story #4 Fictional Story: Broke Gambling in Atlantic City 31 May 2012

Atlantic City casino

Newark, NJ

Roger Williams and his ex-fiancee' Mary Ann Johnson were once in love with each other. They both are from the Garden State and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Roger and Mary Ann met in college and seem to hit it off very well when they talked. Roger has had a gambling problem ever since he was 13 years old, started gambling when he played a street card game called 3 Card Monte where he had to guess where was the Queen. Roger lost $20 because he was bad at that game. That would lead to him gambling and it got to the point where he would spend his times on the street corners trying to master 3 Card Monte. Roger  was never any good at that game but he would borrow money from friends and simply blow it. Roger had such an addiction to where he started playing the lottery when he was 18 years old, the slot machines in Atlantic City, and playing dice with chips but would lose and end up broke every time. Roger has been gambling for 19 years and it caused so much friction between him and his ex-girlfriend. He met his ex- girlfriend when they were 20 years old and got engaged when they were 22 years old. After 12 years of Roger's habit she told him that enough is enough and she called off the engagement when he pawned her engagement ring for money to gamble. Roger tried talking to Mary Ann on the phone and told her about his dilemma.

Mary Ann said, "Hey Roger I'm sorry but I can't help you. You have caused me so much problems with your gambling problems. I can't be with a guy who don't know when enough is enough and I can't be with a guy who put his gambling over me. Our relationship is over!"

Roger was at his worst moment and looked like someone who didn't have a friend in the world. Roger kind of brought this all on himself when he kept borrowing money from friends who don't want to have anything to do with him after he blew their money that they had lent him. Roger thought maybe he could talk to his friend Frank Lewis who was his gambling buddy and who knew what it was like to be broke. Roger called Frank on his cell phone.

Roger responded, "Hey Frank I'm in a big jam and I need your help."

Frank replied, "Mary Ann called me and told me the whole story. Man, you have a serious problem. I know we used to go out gambling together during the college years but your ex-girlfriend really care about you and hate to see you  go down the path you are on. If you keep on gambling the way you are you will be homeless and on the streets, bro."

Roger answered, "I really love Mary Ann but she don't want to have anything to do with me."

Frank replied, "Bro, I had a serious gambling addiction since I was 16 years old and for 10 years I was hopeless because that was my life. I've been free from gambling for 6 years now. Me and my wife Erma have been married 4 years now. She told me something that really cause me to change my ways. She told me, "Frank I love you but it's either me or the gambling. You can't love me and gambling, too." When I lost my last $500 I had gambling one time in Atlantic City it didn't take me long to realize that I was heading down a path of being a broke bum and end up homeless and on the streets."

Roger responded, "I've blown like so many hundreds of dollars over the years and of all places it had to happen in Atlantic City. I'm flat broke. Is there any way you can talk to Mary Ann for me because she will listen to you."

Frank replied, "I can't make any guarantees. How much did you lose at the casino?"

Roger answered, "$750.00."

Frank responded, "$750.00, I really can't make any guarantees but I will talk to her!"

Frank had a long talk on the phone with Roger's ex-fiancee' and Mary Ann agreed that she would talk to her boss in Hackensack where she works at to see about hiring Roger to work where she works at. Although, she have no plans on marrying Roger they are on speaking terms again. The fact that they are on speaking terms have their relationship heading in the right direction.

You have a compulsive gambler who never was any good at gambling borrowed money countless of times from friends who no longer call that person a friend but more of a beggar. Roger is a pathetic person who needed help in the worst way and hears a story from a friend who got delivered from that lifestyle and turned his life around and he helps the friend out, talks to his ex-girlfriend/ex-fiancee to get her ex-boyfriend/ex-fiance at least on speaking terms. That is a true friend and what a true friend does.

Selected Favorite Fictional Story #3 Fictional Story: Lost Money 6 Feb 2012

Daytona Beach, FL. (Margaret's hubby is a cop so that whole scene with the drug dealer was a hilarious scenario.)

Housing Project in Tampa, FL. (Serious drugs sold here.)

It all happened in the Sunshine state of Florida. A woman by the name of Margaret Crayton, lives in Daytona Beach, FL. Margaret is a very wealthy woman.  What I mean by wealthy, I mean she owns 4 houses and they are all in Florida. Margaret has 3 children; Casey, Harry, and Jan and a step-child Kyle. Margaret comes from a rich family background. Margaret's mom retired after working 35 years for a company in Florida where she was a boss who hired and fired people. Margaret's dad moved to Hawaii after Margaret's parents divorced when she was only 11 years old. Margaret's dad have owned his business for 30 years and retired from it. Margaret at age 40 has been through being married, divorced, and now remarried. Margaret was always taught to help people in need because that was what her family did. Margaret is family orientated, close to her family, and is free-hearted when it comes to money. The big reason that Margaret owns 4 houses is that when her 3 children get grown they will have their own house to live in like their step-brother Kyle does.

Margaret was going to work one day and noticed that there was an envelope on the ground. She picked it up and opened it and noticed that there was $900 in cash inside it. Margaret decided to call the police on her cell phone and let them know that there was $900 in an envelope that someone lost. She gave the cops the directions to where the money was because she found it in her area. The cops suspected that it might have been a drug dealer who has been selling drugs and came to the Daytona Beach area to avoid being arrested. The cops decided to have Margaret be the decoy so she would pretend to buy drugs from the drug dealers.

Meanwhile, a drug dealer by the name of Trevon Brown AKA T-Bone was selling drugs in Tampa, FL and he had sold some to who he refers to as his "valuable customers" in the Daytona Beach area. Trevon has been selling drugs since he was 16 years old. Trevon got the nickname T-Bone because he had his hoodlums beat up people who didn't pay him when he had the goods for them. Trevon always drove away in his stolen getaway car along with his boys: Kevin, Marvin, Chester, Standley, and Duane. Trevon could always elude the cops but his biggest mistake is how careless he is with money. Trevon would lose money no matter how much money he would make. Trevon and his boys were great at selling drugs because they knew how to give their customers a good deal no matter what the drug is. Trevon at age 26 has been selling drugs for 10 years.

Then one day it happened. Margaret decided to change her look and dress like a woman who looked like she have been on the streets. She called the cops and let them know that she was driving into Tampa, FL and they followed her to where the drug dealers hideout was. Margaret met up with Trevon and his boys but her car was parked so far away where it was not in view. That way Margaret would look like she was walking in the streets. 

Margaret was discussing asking the boys, "How much would it cost me if I wanted to buy cocaine and acid?" 

Trevon replied by saying, "It all depends on how much you want." 

Margaret told Trevon that she only had $10 and she wanted $10 worth. Trevon was prepared to hook Margaret up with some cocaine and acid until all of a sudden, the cops got out of their car and arrested Trevon and his boys for possession of sale, possession, and driving around in a stolen vehicle. The cops confiscated the $900 as evidence and it was all because of Margaret doing the right thing by calling the cops and given them the missing money.

How many cases where someone who find lost money decide to do the right thing and turn it into the police. In Margaret's case it was being the decoy to catch drug dealers who were selling drugs for money. Margaret had to look like a street girl in order not to blow the police chances of catching the drug dealers. Margaret had to drive a raggedy car in order to not appear like Margaret is wealthy and parking the car far away was a way for the drug dealers not to notice that she was even in a car. Margaret really played a poor person really well. Margaret's hubby is a police officer & that was cool how the hubby & wifey worked together to catch the drug dealers. This Fictional Story was very fun writing and I really enjoyed it!

Selected Favorite Fictional Story #2 Fictional Story: The hitchhiker reflecting what happened 3 years ago 5 May 2014

There was a young teenager who looked to be no more than 13 or 14 years old. He hitchhiked and ended up in California. His parents went to his bedroom to check where he was and discovered he had a dummy wrapped up in bed sheets and he had a tape recorder to answer questions as if the boy was there. His parents saw this coming because he would leave notes under his parents bedroom door saying he wasn't happy and he was tired of everyone blaming him for stuff that wasn't his fault. He decided the best way to hitchhike was to get some food out of the refrigerator and he even stole money from his mom's purse. The hitchhiker felt that it was the best way that he would get respect. He had never ran away from home before but he didn't care if he got caught or if the police saw him wandering in the street. He wound up in Cali and not knowing a soul, so he met some friends who took him to a shelter. One of friends name was Joe. The hitchhiker had enough food for himself and the friends.

Meanwhile, back in Missouri Ray the hitchhikers parents, was worried. They didn't know where their son was and was wondering why he took off like that. Since he was in Cali and they were in MO, there was no way where they could call the police. Ray thought that he was just going to runaway but the people who worked in the shelter knew where Ray was from. They decided to let him call his parents because they didn't want to bust him. Ray was saying how his parents never listen to him and how they are over protective and blah blah blah.

Joe was telling him a story about how when you are in a shelter there is really no freedom there. In fact, everyone have curfew at 10 PM and you have to be out at a certain amount of time. Since he was in the ghetto part of California he was telling him how they take your clothes so there is really no privacy. Joe was trying to break off some knowledge to little Ray Ray. Ray just didn't look at the long term effects it would have on him if he ran away from home. He was thinking that he would get respect but if he was going to be on the streets he would encounter thugs like he wouldn't believe and he is just a kid so the thugs could easily get a kid his age to beat him up. Finally after the pep talk from Joe and the other people at the shelter Ray borrowed their phone to call his parents to come get him. Ray's parents came and got him and brought him back to Missouri. They told him that there is nothing too serious where he had to runaway. Ray had to do serious Community service for what he did and his parents promised him that they wouldn't be too busy when he got stuff to say.

Three years ago, I was 13 going on 14 years old and I remember hitchhiking from my hometown of Springfield, MO and wound up in Los Angeles, CA at a shelter. I was a little runt who used to act like a spoiled kid. I remember leaving those notes telling my parents that I would runaway from home. I am Ray Abbott II now 17 years old. I tested my parents meaning I would do stuff for attention just to see what kind of reaction I would get from them. I am my parents only child and I felt they treated me like I was their baby and also as their independent child. I'm thinking to myself if I only had a younger brother or a younger sister that things would be better (actually I felt that my parents would pay even less attention to me). I felt either way I would be screwed. I had a chance to get a big wake up call when Joe, who worked at the shelter talked some sense into me. He basically told me that trying to live the thug life as a young teenager will get me beat down. Once I realized that what Joe said to me hit home I used the worker's phone and called my mom and dad to come get me because I was ready to go home. I had my parents worrying about me and I could have just tried communicating with them even if I don't always agree with them. I have friends where I am from, who grew up with only one parent raising them (whether it being mom or dad).

I have two parents who love me and who really care about me enough that they would do all they can to help me if I need help. I had a chance to think about that while I was doing my Community service for a year (from 13 1/2 years old until I was 15 years old). I am going to be a Senior in high school and thought that I would write this reflecting how much I have matured during that time. Well, I have not ran away from home since that incident. I realize no matter how much I think I have it bad or that life sucks there is people who have it a whole lot worse than me. There are kids who have been abandoned by their parents and whose grandparents are raising them or kids who are in foster care because they were abused by their parents when they were kids. Sometimes we don't always look at the whole picture. I am blessed that my parents are always there for me when I need them. My mom (Mrs. Jolene Abbott) always come to my room with delicious baked chocolate chip peanut butter cookies and my dad (Mr. Ray Abbott I) always leaves $10 or $20 on my desk so I can buy school lunch at the cafeteria. No matter how much I think that things are screwed up I can always count on my parents being there for me.

How could I forget the hitchhiker story. A young teenager thinking about running away and he have a clever plan on how to runaway but used a method a child would use by using a dummy wrapped in bed sheets and a tape recorder not something a 13-14 year old would do. He or she would just runaway. Sometimes people don't always realize how good they have it until they go out in the real world. Ray Abbott II finally realized that no one will treat you like your parent or parents whether it is both mom and dad or if it is just mom or just dad. It's amazing how punishment like doing community service can change a person's heart.

Springfield, MO (Home)

Dad's $20 (Ray Abbott I)

$10 (The money that Ray Abbott II get for school lunch is like his allowance for the week whether it be $10 or $20.)

Baked delicious peanut butter chocolate chip cookies! (Ray Abbott II's mom Jolene Abbott baked and always comes up to his room to bring these delicious cookies to him whether he is doing homework, studying, or just relaxing.)

Selected Favorite Fictional Story #1 Fictional Story: The Inheritance 26 Mar 2012

Poplar Bluff, MO. (Millie's parents left Millie & Bob a Mansion.)

It was a beautiful morning in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Millie Jenkins had worked the 9 AM- 5 PM shift and come home and rummaged through the dresser draws in her bedroom and noticed that there was a box inside. She opened the box and inside was an envelope, she opened up the envelope and noticed that there was a letter that her parents had wrote her 21 years ago when they had left her and her husband Bob Jenkins the house.

The letter reads,

                

Dear Millie,

You are truly a wonderful person. You have made us both so proud to have raised such a beautiful and independent woman. You are always good at managing money, counting money, and holding money for other people. You are economical when it comes to spending and because you are so responsible even at the age of 21 we leave you some money for you to manage however you want. The amount of $800,000 was put in the bank for you to withdraw. We know you will do the right thing and spend it the best way that you see fit. You are always thinking of others over yourself and we hope that you will take the time and think about yourself for once.

                                                                                                                                    Love Always,

                                                                                                                                    Mom & Dad,

                                                                                                                                    Ruthanne & Harold

Reading the letter that Millie's parents had wrote her had brought tears of joy to her eyes. Millie recalls when her parents had Bob, her fiance' at the time, over for dinner. Millie was 21 and Bob was 19. They had met when they were in high school. The first time they had met was when they went to Millie's senior prom. Millie was 18 and Bob was 16 and they hit it off the moment they danced. Ever since then they would keep in touch with each other by writing letters and calling each other on the phone.

Meanwhile, Bob was still living at home with his parents at 19 and went to a Community college in St. Louis, MO. Bob had came over with a beautiful ring because he had planned on proposing to Millie. Bob had made such a good impression and got along with Millie's parents. After dinner Bob had a chance to talk to Millie's parents.

Bob confidently said, "I would like to propose to your daughter and marry her with y'alls approval."

With all smiles, Millie's parents replied, "Most definitely, you have our approval!"

Bob whispers to Millie, "Can we go into the living room for a little bit, I have something I want to ask you?"

Millie shakes her head yes and that's when Bob pops the big question. Bob got down on one knee and said to Millie, "I am in love with you Millie, I loved you the moment I laid eyes on you. Will you marry me?"

Millie blushed and replied, "Of course I will marry you. "

Millie's mom and dad had planned on moving to Branson, MO because they saw a beautiful house that they liked and wanted to move to. The house in Poplar Bluff was all paid for.

Millie's parents told Bob, "Promise me that you and Millie will never go house hunting because we leave y'all our house here in Poplar Bluff."

Bob and Millie were so excited to be moving in the home that Millie grew up in. Millie was expecting a baby girl, who they named Sarah at the time and Bob and Millie replied, "Thank you so much this means so much to us."

Millie's parents had passed away when Sarah was 4 and Brian was a year old.

Now it was 17 years later, Millie have 2 grown children Sarah 21 and Brian 18. Brian was still at home with his parents in Poplar Bluff and Sarah went to a college in Kansas for 3 years. Millie decided to put $100,000 towards Brian's college because Brian was graduating high school in May. Millie and her hubby had took out $100,000 for a family vacation trips to Hawaii, the Bahamas, Colorado Springs, and Las Vegas so that they would go on a summer vacation. With the $600,000 that was left Millie and her hubby split up the money and decided they would use however much that they need for themselves and to help out their kids by giving them however much that they needed.

I remember how cool it was to come up with a scenario where you have parents whose mom had 3 miscarriages before they were able to have Millie. Millie was an independent woman who enjoyed helping others and who was so trustworthy. Millie and Bob went to the same high school and they turned down dates to proms because Millie and Bob loved each other and went as dates to their proms. The inheritance was a way of saying "You reap what you sow." I thought it was unique how even in a fictional story there is a lesson to learn. The image represent the house that Bob and Millie was left and the song "Always and Forever" which I will have below represent how much Bob & Millie love being married to each other.

Favorite Fictional Stories Coming in the month of March

Coming In March I will have my favorite fictional stories written from my website wix and put them on blogger.

In March, I will have my favorite fictional stories that I've written from my website wix and copy them on blogger. Every Monday & Wednesday throughout the month of March (March only) my readers will get to read my favorite fictional stories. I just thought of this idea today to get all of my readers prepared to read some really fictional-non-fictional type of stories. The stories will all be dated from the day they were written after the titles. Keep on the look out on Some of my favorite writing for my favorite fictional stories on blogger. I really enjoy writing fictional stories because I find it to be a lot of fun and every fictional story I will write a brief description for why I decided to write each fictional story to all of my readers. I been writing for 28 years now and I been blogging for approximately 6 years. Whether you enjoy writing, cooking, singing, drawing, dancing, knitting, etc., I want to encourage you to follow your dreams!😣

Some Of My Favorite Writing

Mentioned below I will have 10 of my favorite selections of poems, fictional stories, and nonfictional stories combined that I wrote on my wix blog & the link where all of my readers can check out.

A Letter To Paul Brightly
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/a-letter-to-paul-brightly-written-october

God Saved A Hoodlum Poem
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/god-saved-a-hoodlum-poem

The Cafeteria Lady Poem
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/the-cafeteria-lady-poem

Fictional Story: Thanksgiving Plans
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/fictional-story-thanksgiving-plans

Fictional Story: The Wedding Vows Poem
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/fictional-story-the-wedding-vows-poem

Fictional Story: The Hitchhiker Reflecting What Happened 3 Years Ago
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/fictional-story-the-hitchhiker-reflecting-what-happened

Fictional Story: Christopher Sanders Story
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/fictional-story-christpher-sanders-story

My Testimony: My Spiritual Birthday (31 Years Today I've Been Saved)
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/my-testimony-my-spiritual-birthday-31-years

Some Paintings That I Like By The Different Artists
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/some-paintings-that-i-like-by-different

Some Career Jobs That People Do
http://citysuburb.wix.com/pauls-writing-style/apps/blog/some-career-jobs-that-people-do


To all of all of my readers & fellow writers I just thought I would put 10 of my favorite writing that I've done from my other website wix. I want to encourage if you are hidden talented like me to do what you love to do. Writers inspire other writers to showcase their hidden talent. Don't let negative people discourage you from following your dreams. I just want to encourage all of the writers to write from the heart because your readers will enjoy your writing when it comes from the heart.